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training selected men, both as gun pointers and gun trainers. In 

 this connection the report says in part: 



'This instrument has been in constant use now for over a month. 

 During this time it has been found to be of great value, not only for 

 classification of pointers, but further, for their actual training. De- 

 spite the almost constant use of this machine by different persons, 

 no parts have become worn out or broken. It further has the most 

 important advantage of being popular with the personnel who are 

 being trained, and it has been found that the enlisted personnel 

 make use of this instrument upon their own volition outside of 

 drill periods. The motion of the target, derived by the design of 

 this instrument, is by far the best the Commanding Officer has 

 ever seen, and this opinion is supported by various other officers 

 who have experimented with it. The diagram which is obtained 

 from each pointer or trainer tells precisely how close to the target 

 the man has kept during his period and further whether or not he 

 fired when on. The records of these pointers or trainers are kept 

 from day to day and one is soon able to tell whether or not the in- 

 dividuals will ever pick up the necessary requisites for efficiency as 

 such.' 



You may be further interested to know that the Bureau has 

 taken steps to have the experimental instrument reproduced and 

 furnished as a standard training device for recruits at all large 

 training camps. 



I beg to take advantage of this opportunity to express to you 

 our sincere appreciation of the value of what you have done and are 

 doing to assist in the very heavy burden imposed upon the Bureau 

 In the present emergency; and I may add that we are also deeply 

 sensible of your spirit of unselfish devotion to the cause which we 

 all have so deeply at heart. You have given us most freely of your 

 valuable time and have, I suspect, made other personal sacrifices 

 of moment, and have declined to consider any method of compen- 

 sation. I hope that this wholly unsolicited expression of the Bu- 

 reau's gratitude will not be quite unwelcome. 



I am taking the liberty of sending a copy of this letter to the 

 President of Wesleyan University. 



Again thanking you, I am 



Sincerely yours, 



(Signed) Leigh C. Palmer, 



Rear Admiral, U. S. Navy, 

 Chief of Bureau 



